Peggy Orenstein

Peggy Orenstein is the author of Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, which was a New York Times Notable Book. An award-winning writer and speaker on issues affecting girls and women, she is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, and her work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Vogue, Glamour, Mirabella, Details, Elle, Mother Jones, and The New Yorker. Additionally, she has served as an editor at Esquire, Manhattan, Inc., 7 Days and Mother Jones magazines.

Orenstein was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

She is a graduate of Oberlin College and lives in Berkeley, California, with her husband, filmmaker Steven Okazaki.


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